Light:
Sun
Type:
Annual
Height:
Under 6 inches to 12 inches
Width:
To 10 inches wide
Foliage Color:
Chartreuse/Gold
Seasonal Features:
Fall Bloom,
Summer Bloom
Special Features:
Attracts Birds,
Good for Containers,
Low Maintenance
how to grow Melampodium
Propagation
Seed
garden plans for Melampodium
Hot-Summer Garden Plan
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more varieties for Melampodium
‘Melanie’ melampodium
Melampodium ‘Melanie’ bears lots of golden-yellow flowers on a compact, 10-inch-tall plant.
‘Lemon Delight’ melampodium
Melampodium ‘Lemon Delight’ bears masses of lemon-yellow flowers on a compact, 10-inch-tall plant.
plant Melampodium with
Gazania
This tough plant endures poor soil, baked conditions, and drought beautifully and still produces bold-color, daisylike flowers from summer to frost.A perennial in Zones 9-11 — the hottest parts of the country — gazania is grown as an annual elsewhere and blooms from mid-summer to frost. A summer plant often grown as an annual, gazania bears boldly colored daisy-shaped flowers from summer to frost. The flowers appear over toothed dark green or silver leaves (the foliage color differs between varieties). They’re great in beds and borders and containers, too.Plant established seedlings outdoors after all danger of frost has passed. Do not fertilize, and keep soil on the dry side.
French Marigold
Just as you’d expect from something called French, these marigolds are the fancy ones. French marigolds tend to be frilly and some boast a distinctive “crested eye.” They grow roughly 8-12 inches high with a chic, neat, little growth habit and elegant dark green foliage.They do best in full sun with moist, well-drained soil and will flower all summer long. They may reseed, coming back year after year, in spots where they’re happy.
Salvia
There are few gardens that don’t have at least one salvia growing in them. Whether you have sun or shade, a dry garden or lots of rainfall, there’s an annual salvia that you’ll find indispensable. All attract hummingbirds, especially the red ones, and are great picks for hot, dry sites where you want tons of color all season. Most salvias don’t like cool weather, so plant them outdoors after all danger of frost has passed.
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